April Fool's Day...
Discovering the Trickster Within. How We Point the Bone at Ourselves.
Dear Seeker of Petals and Reveries! 💛
Today’s letter was born out of my own journaling and a very special journey I have committed to undertaking, which I will share a bit more of further down. As I began my journalling session, I realised today is April Fool’s Day, and I began to think about the trickster, and how the trickster lives within us. Hence I wrote a prompt for me to explore, and now I am sharing that prompt with you should you wish to have an encounter with your inner trickster!
Your heart is a garden—tend it well, and it will bloom with love in every season.🌹
The Rose Temple
The question I asked for clarity on was, “Where in my life am I allowing my inner trickster to fool me into believing that I am not worthy of grace, love and abundance?”
I will write about the bottom four cards first as I feel the top two are a completely different message. But then again, perhaps not?!
The bottom four cards sums it up very simply. The answer is in the 9 of Swords – our thoughts, the poison darts of our mind. As I was writing this, “Pointing of the Bone,” popped into my mind. For those that may not know, this was, and perhaps still is, a practice the Aboriginals used as a death sentence. A bone would be pointed at the one that was set for “execution” and a curse would be uttered. The belief in this practice was so strong that by the power of suggestion, the one that had the bone pointed at them, would eventually die. I know I am explaining this very simply, and I am sure that other tribal cultures probably had similar practices.
However, the point is, (please excuse my pun!), that our thoughts can be the same as pointing the bone. Our thoughts have the potential to lay to rest our hopes and dreams long before we take any action to bringing them to fruition. And they can also make us believe we are not enough, or not worthy of love, grace and forgiveness, or worthy of abundance.
Importantly however, we must not blame ourselves for our thoughts. We mustn't berate ourselves for these un-serving thoughts. We are only human and we all have thoughts that hinder us. We all carry those poison darts inside our head. But there is an antidote! There is a way to shield ourselves from those un-serving thoughts, and that is by rewriting them, or rewiring them.
To steal a line from the original Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory movie, we could use the phrase, “Strike that. Reverse it.” So this will be a training exercise. Firstly we need to become aware of our thought patterns. Try to become aware of those sneaky little darts, try to catch them/yourself when one fires off, and then say to your self, “Strike that. Reverse it,” and rewrite it. Rewrite it in your mind or on paper. It is so easy to focus on what is not going well in our lives. I’m guilty of falling prey to the trickster’s hands as well.
A little while ago Loki and The Morrighan showed up in my life, about 2 days apart. It was quite interesting. Loki showed up first and I must admit, I was less than thrilled. I certainly didn’t need any of his shenanigans! And I told him that. lol. When The Morrighan turned up in meditation a couple of days later, and I wasn’t quite sure who she was, I was surprised to read that she too is considered a trickster. The reason I am sharing this, is that if you feel called to use the tarot prompt for yourself, you may wish to work with Loki or The Morrighan, or even both. You could ask them how the inner trickster is playing “tricks” with you, and in what area of your life. Perhaps you will discover one main trick or a list of little pranks, but once you are aware of them, you can begin working on turning those littles darts around and fire them straight back at the Trickster!
Here is the prompt again should you wish to dance with the trickster and trip him over…
“Where in my life am I allowing my inner trickster to fool me into believing that I am not worthy of grace, love and abundance?” How can I put a gag on the trickster and silence its voice? How can I dance to a different tune to the one the trickster has playing? In what way may I then be open to receiving more grace, love and abundance?
Journal your reflections and enjoy the process! You may discover some interesting epiphanies. Which brings me to the top 2 cards! These thoughts kept going through my head, and this may very well be a message for a few of you. “Mind-blowing realisation that will lead to freedom, peace and joy.” “An unexpected windfall and celebration.” And… “Unexpected wishes coming true.” All of which seems literally out of the blue! For you my friends, I wish it to be so.
"The path of the mystic is a rose-lit spiral—each thorn a teacher, each petal a revelation, and at the heart, the fragrance of the Divine." 🌹
The Rose Temple
I would also love to share some very exciting news. Well, exciting for me! I am finally going on the pilgrimage I have been dreaming of for the last few years. I am off to a Rose retreat in France in May. From there I will be taking myself to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, and then onto Saint-Maximin-la- Sainte-Baume to visit Mary Magdalene’s cave. My final leg of the journey will be to Glastonbury to visit the sacred sites of Avalon. I can’t tell you what a huge undertaking this is for me but I am very excited, and also very apprehensive. I am surrendering my fears though and trusting that this trip will be life changing in all of the good ways. I am working to keep the trickster at bay here myself, haha! So if any of my French subscribers or English subscribers have any suggestions that may be helpful, I would be very grateful.
Finally, and very briefly, I mentioned that I have undertaken a spiritual journey. This is a 40 day journey, which happens to end on the night before I fly out. I am only on day 4 but so far the omens and the synchronicities have been deep and meaningful, showing me that I am on the right path. I believe this is an experience that will bring in big shifts and transformations, especially since this is a lead up to my trip. I am sharing this because I may not write as much during this time. I am in the process of trying to change how I live in time and I do not want to write for the sake of writing or because that is what “you should do.” When I write, I want it to be from the heart and divinely led, as I feel today was. I am currently trying to surrender my will, or my way of thinking of how I should be in service, and instead I am trying to open myself up to divine will and be in service in accordance with that. There’s that word surrender again! I believe that was a theme in the last letter?!
So my dear friends, that’s all from me for now. I hope you have enjoyed this writing from me. I am always open to hearing from you; and if you danced with the trickster and changed the tune, I would love to know, should you feel inclined to share.
Until we meet again in the garden of the Rose…
With love & gratitude,
Zera 🌹✨
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